Municipalities in Salzburg (Austria)

Gemeinden in Salzburg

General overview

Salzburg is divided into 119 municipalities, including 1 city with own statute, 10 other towns/cities
(Stadtgemeinden) and 24 market-towns (Marktgemeinden). They all have their own municipal coat-of-arms, some
of them of quite ancient age, most of them adopted or at least re-adopted after WW 1, though. As many of the coats-of-arms have been granted
between the wars, their heraldic quality and in particular the blazonings are somewhat doubtful in several cases.

In contrast to most other Austrian states, municipal colours (for the flag) have never been officially introduced with any involvement of the
state archives. Only the capital Salzburg does mention its colours
(white-red) in the statute.

As common to Austrian and most German states, municipal flags are usually vertical in Salzburg. That means that all the usual
vertical types used in Austria do occur.
The internationally common type of flag, the horizontal flag, is very rarely used for municipal flags in Salzburg. There are only four
municipalities that use this flag type (usually in addition to the vertical types), namely
Lend, Oberndorf, Salzburg
and Wals-Siezenheim.

M. Schmöger, 4 July 2009

Project Status

I have achieved some, but not really much, progress in the research of the Salzburg municipal flags over the last 1.5 years.
The sources for the progress were: photos by Stefan Schwoon, own photos, photos ferretted on the WWW and a few replies from the municipalities.

M. Schmöger, 4 July 2009

Out of 119 municipalities

I have sent information and drawings, in all cases based on flag photos, of 104 (87%)

I have sent preliminary information without drawings, of 8 (7%);

I have sent information that they do not have a flag, of 3 (3%);

I do not have any information at all about the flag, not even if they have one or not, of 4 (3%).